Jacques Rivette
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Jacques Rivette was a pioneering French film director and critic associated with the French New Wave, known for his innovative narrative structures and marathon-length, improvisational films.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacques Rivette canonical | 44 |
| Jacques Rivette filmography | 2 |
| Rivette | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2172590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Rivette Context triple: [French New Wave, hasKeyFigure, Jacques Rivette]
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A.
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a pioneering French New Wave film director and screenwriter known for his psychologically complex, Hitchcockian thrillers that dissected bourgeois society.
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B.
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard was a pioneering French-Swiss film director and key figure of the French New Wave, renowned for his radical innovations in cinematic form, narrative, and political engagement.
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C.
Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer was a French film director and screenwriter renowned for his philosophically rich, dialogue-driven dramas and his central role in the French New Wave movement.
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D.
François Truffaut
François Truffaut was a pioneering French New Wave filmmaker and critic known for his innovative, deeply personal films such as "The 400 Blows" and his influential writings on cinema.
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E.
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a renowned French film director and screenwriter, celebrated as one of the greatest auteurs in cinema history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Rivette Target entity description: Jacques Rivette was a pioneering French film director and critic associated with the French New Wave, known for his innovative narrative structures and marathon-length, improvisational films.
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A.
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a pioneering French New Wave film director and screenwriter known for his psychologically complex, Hitchcockian thrillers that dissected bourgeois society.
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B.
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard was a pioneering French-Swiss film director and key figure of the French New Wave, renowned for his radical innovations in cinematic form, narrative, and political engagement.
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C.
Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer was a French film director and screenwriter renowned for his philosophically rich, dialogue-driven dramas and his central role in the French New Wave movement.
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D.
François Truffaut
François Truffaut was a pioneering French New Wave filmmaker and critic known for his innovative, deeply personal films such as "The 400 Blows" and his influential writings on cinema.
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E.
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a renowned French film director and screenwriter, celebrated as one of the greatest auteurs in cinema history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French New Wave filmmaker
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film critic ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century cinema
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21st-century cinema ⓘ |
| contributedTo | auteur theory ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-03-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-01-29 ⓘ |
| employer | Cahiers du Cinéma ⓘ |
| familyName |
Rivette
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linked to:
Jacques Rivette
|
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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film criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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drama film ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| influenced | European art cinema directors ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Hitchcock
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Jean Renoir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
improvisational filmmaking
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innovative narrative structures ⓘ very long film durations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | French New Wave ⓘ |
| name | Jacques Rivette ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Céline et Julie vont en bateau
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Duelle ⓘ Jeanne la Pucelle ⓘ
linked to:
Joan of Arc
La Belle Noiseuse ⓘ L’Amour fou ⓘ Noroît ⓘ Out 1 ⓘ Paris nous appartient ⓘ
linked to:
Paris Belongs to Us
Va savoir ⓘ |
| occupation |
film critic
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film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rouen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | editor-in-chief of Cahiers du Cinéma ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bulle Ogier
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Emmanuelle Béart ⓘ Juliet Berto ⓘ Michel Piccoli ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Jacques Rivette Description of subject: Jacques Rivette was a pioneering French film director and critic associated with the French New Wave, known for his innovative narrative structures and marathon-length, improvisational films.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jacques Rivette
subject linked to:
The Nun
subject linked to:
Betty Schneider
linked to: Jacques Rivette